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Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Religion - Fluoridation Of City Water, John M. Webb S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Freedom Of Religion - Fluoridation Of City Water, John M. Webb S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In its proprietary capacity the City of Bend maintains and operates a water system with the exclusive right to supply water to its inhabitants. In February 1952 the mayor and city commissioners adopted an ordinance providing for the introduction of fluorine into the water supply to reduce dental caries in the teeth of young children. The plaintiff as a resident and taxpayer brought suit to enjoin such action. A demurrer to his complaint was sustained. On appeal, held, affirmed. A city, in the exercise of its police power, may enact reasonable regulations for the protection of the public health, …
Wu: Fountain Of Justice, Thomas E. Davitt S.J.
Wu: Fountain Of Justice, Thomas E. Davitt S.J.
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Fountain of Justice. By John C.H. Wu.
Church, State, And Freedom: A Review, Paul G. Kauper
Church, State, And Freedom: A Review, Paul G. Kauper
Michigan Law Review
The Supreme Court's opinion in the Everson case declaring that the separation-of-church-and-state limitation derived from the First Amendment was equally applicable to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment opened up new vistas on the church-state problems in this country. Opponents of released time programs were quick to seize the opening thus afforded as evidenced by the litigation in the McCollum and Zorach cases. And even before the Everson case reached it, the Supreme Court, thanks almost entirely to the efforts of Jehovah's Witnesses, had been engaged at length with the task of defining the dimensions of religious freedom as secured …